Watch the video, taken by Veronica Belmont, of the whole thing below. GRRM really commits to his vengeance and it is kind of the best thing ever. Then someone else shows up to reign in Paul & Storm and it somehow becomes even more of the best thing ever.

We’re...gonna stop asking when The Winds of Winter is coming out from now on.

In addition, all I got to say in re. Martin's writing speed, is try being a fan of King's Dark Tower, we had to wait through nearly six years PER BOOK. and a near death experience to get OUR 7 book series finished.

I have to assume it was staged - I can't quite convince myself that even GRRM would bust up someone's guitar like that without permission, or that anyone else would let him bust up their favorite guitar with no more fight than that...